Peru’s Servicios Aéreos de los Andes ends DHC-6 operations
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US’s Piedmont Airlines ungrounds former Envoy E145s
Piedmont Airlines (PT, Salisbury, MD) will pull from deep storage two E145s a month until January 2025 as part of efforts to restore its fleet and support increased demand across the American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) network. The Embraer jets were mothballed by Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) in 2023, after it transitioned to a [...]
US's Tailwind Air suspends seaplane ops; seeks investor
Tailwind Air Service (PGN, Farmingdale) has grounded its seaplane operation after it proved unprofitable but is holding out for an investor to rescue its commuter model that hinged on its exclusive right to land in Boston Harbor for door-to-door seaplane shuttles to New York Manhattan, reports the Boston Globe. ch-aviation has contacted Tailwind for comment. [...]
Mexico’s AeroUnion retires B767s, inducts A330(P2F)
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Bristow Helicopters Nigeria retires last E135
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UK's Gama Aviation buys King Airs for Scottish medevac ops
Gama Aviation (GMA, Farnborough) has ordered three cargo-door equipped Beech (twin turboprop) King Air 360C turboprops from Textron Aviation to operate a newly awarded, ten-year air ambulance contract for Scottish Ambulance Service. The three aircraft will be delivered in 2025 and will undergo extensive cabin modifications at the operator's Glasgow International and Bournemouth facilities. The [...]
LOT Polish Airlines receives first E195-E2
LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin) has taken delivery of its first E195-E2, which arrived in Warsaw on July 31, 2024. According to Flightradar24 ADS-B data, SP-LEA (msn 19020124), a new-build jet in a 136-seat single-class layout, was ferried from Recife with a stop-off at Gran Canaria. It is the first of three E195-E2s to [...]
Transavia suffers groundings due to supply-chain issues
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Serbia's Air Pink undergoes ownership change, rebrands
Air Pink (PNK, Belgrade Nikola Tesla) has been rebranded to ImperialJet following the acquisition of a 68% stake by companies affiliated with German businessman Abed El Jaouni, ch-aviation research has revealed. Serbian business register data shows that at some point after early June the dormant business charter specialist was registered under the new name, corresponding [...]
Venezuela closes airspace to Peru
The Venezuelan government has barred all flights to and from Peru from July 31 to August 31, 2024, LATAM Airlines Group announced. Peru is the third country to have its air connectivity with Venezuela suspended as a diplomatic retaliation after Lima refused to recognise the result of Venezuela's presidential election, which saw Nicolás Maduro controversially [...]